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P; W. TILLINGHAST.

PNEUMATIG TIRE.

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UNITED ASTATES PATENT OFFICE.

PARDON ,W. TILLINGHAST, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

PNEUMATIC TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,915, dated Novemberl 29, 1892.`

Application filed June 20, 1892. Serial No. 43'7'3'75l (N0 111011610 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAEDoN W. TILLING- HAST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pneumatic Tires and Means for Inating the Same, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the improved construction of the tire, whereby the desired flexibility and impenetrability are secured, and in the improved combination of the valve with the rim of the wheel, whereby the tire and valve will be protected from the loosening action of the inlating-pump, as hereinafter set forth. i

`Figure l represents a .transverse section of the tire and the rim of the wheel, also Showing the valve and the attached pump in section. Fig. 2 represents a side view of a portion of the tire and rim, showing the internal construction of the tire. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the rim of the wheel and the tire, showing a modification in the combination of the parts of the tire. Fig. et represents a side view of a portion of the tire and rim as shown in Fig. 3, the tire being broken away at the end to show its construction. Fig. 5 represents a transverse section showing a modification. Fig. 6 represents a side view of a steering-wheel provided with an annular pneumatic tire having all its parts vulcanized together to carry out my invention.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the rim of the wheel, which is made in slightly-hollowed form and provided with a perforation b, adapted to receive the valvetube C of the tire B. The hollow annular tire B, as shown in Figs. l and 2, is composed of an annular inner rubber tube D, which is provided with a circularly braided or woven covering E, adapted to prevent the bursting of the tube D when subjected to pressure, and outside of the covered tube D is placed the rubber tube F, the annular periphery of which forms the tread of the tire, and between the tube F and the tube D are placed the layers of canvas G, which serve to prevent the puncture of the inner tube by sharp or pointed ob jects encountered in the road, the several parts of the tire being placed together, as described, andthen vulcanized, so that the several parts will become attached to each other by the process of vulcanization, and ,instead of placing the layers of canvas G at the outer side of the braided or woven covering the same canbe arranged at the inner side of the same, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Heretofore pneumatic tires have been constructed with an inner air-tube o f vulcanized rubber, provided with a covering of canvas, and a separately-vulcanized outer rubber covering; but the separately-formed parts are liable to chating and rapid wear by rubbing contact with each other; but with my improved tire, as above described, the parts of which are all vulcanized together, the outerand in, ner rubber tubes are so attached to eachother that the chaiing action between the several parts of the tire will-be prevented and a durable non-penetrable tire will be produced. The outer rubber covering F is preferably made thicker at the edges a a of the rim A than at its sidewalls s s and the outer surface of the rubber covering extends from the edges a a at an angle with the attaching surface t of the rim, the attaching portion u of the tire being thus made of a width which is practically equal to the width of the rim, and by reason of the angular construction of the tire at the sides of the attaching portion, which sides coincide with the bearing-edges of the rim, the deleterious chafing of the tire against the edges of the rim will be prevented, the liability of chang the tire at this point having heretofore caused Vserious trouble in all inflated pneumatic tires which are held in the groove of the rim, and in pneumatic tires heretofore constructed to be inflated by means of a detachable hand-pump the said pump has been screwed to the metallic valve=-tube of the tire under such conditions that the yielding material of the tire must resist the thrusting or pulling action of the pump,which soon causes the loosening and derangement of the valve-tube from its attachment to the wall of the rubber tire, thus causing a leak, which is extremely hard to repair, and this defect is avoided in my invention by providing the inserted metal tube H with the iange e, which is made of greater diameter than the diameter of the perforation b, made in the rim A of the wheel, the said tube H being provided with a screw-thread g, adapted to receiveV theI screw-threaded valve-tube C, which is provided at its lower end with the collapsible tube I. The valve-tube C is provided with a iiange h, made of less diameterthan-the diameter ofvthe perforation-b in the rim A,'and between' the inner side of the flange h and the outer end of the tube H is placed the packing-ring fi, the fannular Valve J so formed, when unscrewed from its seat, serving t0 relieve the pressure' of air inthe tire, 1 thel air fbeing: allowed toles-f cape slowly between the loosely-fitting screwthreads of the tubes C and' H and'beingpre- Vented from escape when the tire is iniiated 'bynreans of the-packing-*ring 'L'. *iTihefvalve-v 'p tube G *is'lals'oprovidedi with the serew-threadl edfcavityjfwhich is adapted` to'freceive th'ei corresponding thread ofthe vvattaching-sere'w pump Kffirinly'to thelrim and: preventingthe thrustingor pulling "effectV -upon Athe rubber* Ltire 'and ivalve' 'during the process of intlation.`

f VVhe'nv the pump is removed fromv -the cavity I' 7",1 the'- sai'dcavity may bevclosedl by means of the screw rjwhichwilll serve' to preventlfthe Ientrance of sand or dust into thevalv'e-tube C.

outer covering F does not form a complete A`tube,but onlypartially encircles Ithe inner tube D. Y

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with the rimrof the wheel, of ahollow yintlatabletire having its 'attaching 'portion practically' of; the same width as that of the rim and having the edges of the said attaching portion made thicker than the adjacent side walls of the tire, where- "by the chafing of the tire at the edge of the rim will bef prevented; substantially as described.

` 2;"The 'co'mbination, with the rixn of the wheel, of a hollow inflatable tire having the outer surfaceof "its'sidewfalls adjacent to che Y'attac'h-ingportion -extending'outward aty an -va'nglewit'h` vthe f attac-hingA surfaceof `therim, wherebythechating of the tire atthe edge of kthe v'rirnf willf be prevented;substantially as described 3. Thef combination, Withifthefrimo'fthe wheel, provided with an opening for thevalve- '-tube; and aipneumatic tire having anf interin'allyscrewlthreaded attachingtube of greater Vexteriordiameter than thesaidopening inthe lftireyanda valve-tube adapted top/ass through lthe-said opening in the rim andscrewi-nto ythe attaching tube, of a'purnp'* for iAnia-ting'the tire said pump yhaving aila'nge atits attaching end of larger diameter than the-opening in -the-rimglw-here'by when ithe'p'urnp is screwed 'to thevalve-t-ube the saidlpump Will'be firmly r"clamped to the rim, vsubstantially as'de'scribed.

` PARDONA V."'1`ILLI-NGHAST. f Witnesses:

" S. SGHOLFIELD,

v J AMES W; BEAMAN. 

